DevOps Engineer
Summary
Six-month contract (up to £500/day, outside IR35, hybrid) for a DevOps Consultant/Platform Engineer at a London technology business: improving GCP architecture, building CI/CD pipelines and observability, and driving cloud security and Terraform IaC best practice; Python/FastAPI exposure is a plus.
An exciting technology business in London is looking for a DevOps Consultant / Platform Engineer to help scale its cloud infrastructure, deployment processes and operational capabilities as the platform enters its next phase of growth.
- Based in London
- Hybrid working
- 6 Months initially
- Start date: ASAP
- Up to £500pd Outside Ir35
The Job
As the DevOps Consultant, your responsibilities will include:
- Assessing and improving the existing GCP cloud architecture
- Designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation
- Building monitoring, logging, alerting and observability capabilities
- Improving platform reliability, scalability and operational resilience
- Implementing cloud security best practices across infrastructure and deployments
- Developing Infrastructure as Code using Terraform
- Supporting engineering teams with platform strategy and operational improvements
- Driving best practice across DevOps, cloud operations and platform engineering
- Identifying operational bottlenecks and implementing scalable solutions
You
- Strong DevOps, Platform Engineering or Cloud Infrastructure experience
- Proven experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Strong Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) expertise
- Experience building CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation
- Knowledge of monitoring, observability, logging and alerting tools
- Strong cloud security and operational best practice experience
- Experience supporting and scaling production environments
- Python and FastAPI exposure beneficial
- Comfortable working in fast-paced, evolving environments
- Able to work autonomously and influence technical direction
Sphere is an equal opportunities employer. We encourage applications regardless of ethnic origin, race, religious beliefs, age, disability, gender or sexual orientation, and any other protected status as required by applicable law.
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